[Wikipedia-l] Entries getting delete...

[David Gerard]

On 12/04/07, Frederick FN Noronha <fredericknoronha at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, are the tests for "non-notability" sufficient for niche spheres
> or non-English language groups (we have discussed this earlier). FN


No - the "notability criteria" on English Wikipedia are horribly
systemically biased towards US topics that a teenager on AFD would be
able to Google for. Though this is a separate issue from dealing with
the firehose of rubbish visible through Special:Newpages.


- d.